Shooting Play Doh

[rsrocket1]

Wow this brings back a lot of memories.
I must have made a couple hundred pounds of this stuff from the same recipe while my kids were growing up. The last batch I made was probably 10-12 years ago. The trick is not to overcook it. Just like gravy or any other flour-based liquid that you heat up over the stove, when it gets to a certain temperature, it suddenly thickens up. That's when you pull it from the heat to stop it from cooking. My son's loved playing with the stuff and they got a nearly unlimited supply. We went through a lot of flour, salt and cream of tartar.

[dondiego]

we used it all the time (35 years as elementary teacher)

biggest problem with the 1st and 2nd graders was keeping them from eating it. Even when we mixed colors to make it look yucky it would go straight into their mouths.

Hence, the need for it to be non-toxic!

[Bloodman14]

When I read the title, I thought you had made Play-Doh boolits! Kinda like hot glue boolits? Too funny.

[Bluerock2000]

Next up in the test...."baby train" and "steam loader."

[longbow]

Play Doh is a way better idea than bread dough! I will have to try this one.

Another funny story is BruceB's attempt at using soggy rice in a plywood box in the back of his pickup! Do a search... good reading!

I have a Bullet Test Tube but it is only good for one shot then cut the waxy stuff apart to look at cavity/recover boolit then melt, recast, do again... tedious!

Longbow

[Bluerock2000]

Haha. Your story had me rolling. That was an interesting experiment by BruceB. I can guarantee you that my playdoh box wouldn't hold up to the pressures he was pushing through that rice. Maybe if you made 100lbs instead of 30 lbs of playdoh and left some voids between the playdoh and the inside of the box. But I was surprised at the pressure the 300gr jacketed bullets exerted, even subsonic. I'll be using a couple of ratchet straps around the box for these 350gr boolits.